1. nvs. Cuttlefish (Sepioteuthus arctipinnis). Fig., fickle, changeable, unsteady, so called perhaps because of the backward-forward movement of the cuttlefish. (PPN nguufeke, PCP muufeke.)
2. n. Mother-of-pearl lure, usually qualified as below, perhaps so named because the colors of the shell suggested those of the cuttlefish.
kikino Cuttlefish (local definition); squid (Haole definition). Dic. Cf. heʻe. Mūheʻe iwi. Cuttlebone.
s. Mu and hee, to slip. A fish that moves two ways like the crab.
adj. Fickle; changeable; unsteady minded.
v. To make an indistinct sound; to hum. See MUMUHU.
Fickle: changeable; unsteady minded. (Used only figuratively.)
[Mu and hee, to slip.] An octopus that moves two ways like the crab.
To make an indistinct sound; to hum. Syn. Mumuhu.
Mother-of-pearl lure, which has colors suggesting the pattern of the mūheʻe (cuttlefish).
Squid (Septioteuthus lessoniana) that moves two ways like a crab. It is caught in nets and is a common squid in the Hawaiʻi market. (EAK 588.)
E huli iā “mūheʻe” ma Ulukau.
Search for “mūheʻe” on Ulukau.